Torch runner from 1964 Tokyo Olympics dies at 69The Japan Times6, 1945 — the day it was reduced to rubble by an atomic bomb. He was selected as the final runner in the torch relay for an event seen as a symbol of the nation's postwar reconstruction and commitment to peace. He was a freshman student at Waseda ...

Torch runner from 1964 Tokyo Olympics dies at 69The Japan Times6, 1945 — the day it was reduced to rubble by an atomic bomb. He was selected as the final runner in the torch relay for an event seen as a symbol of the nation's postwar reconstruction and commitment to peace. He was a freshman student at Waseda ...and more »